| CHEMONASTY | • chemonasty n. A nastic response to a change in chemicals or nutrients. • CHEMONASTY n. plant movement provoked but not orientated by a chemical action. |
| CHIMNEYPOT | • chimneypot n. Alternative form of chimney pot. • chimney␣pot n. A short earthenware pipe, placed on top of a chimney to improve the draft. • CHIMNEYPOT n. the pot on a chimney. |
| ENDOTHERMY | • endothermy n. (Biology) A form of thermoregulation in which heat is generated by the organism’s metabolism. • ENDOTHERMY n. surgical introduction of electric needle or knife into tissues. |
| HEMELYTRON | • hemelytron n. (Anatomy) An insect’s forewing with both membranous and hardened portions. • HEMELYTRON n. an insect forewing thickened at the base, membranous at the apex, also HEMELYTRUM, HEMIELYTRON. |
| HERNIOTOMY | • herniotomy n. (Surgery) Surgical repair of a hernia. • HERNIOTOMY n. a cutting for the cure or relief of hernia. |
| HETERONOMY | • heteronomy n. The political subjection of a community to the rule of another power or to an external law. • heteronomy n. The state of being beholden to external influences. • heteronomy n. (Biology) The condition of being heteronomous. |
| HETERONYMS | • heteronyms n. Plural of heteronym. • HETERONYM n. a word having same spelling but different sound and meaning e.g. lead/lead. |
| HONEYMONTH | • honey-month n. (Archaic) honeymoon. • HONEYMONTH v. (obsolete) to spend one's honeymoon, also HONEYMOON. |
| MANTYHOSES | • MANTYHOSE n. a one-piece clinging garment covering the body from the waist to the feet, worn by men. |
| MESOGNATHY | • MESOGNATHY n. the state of having slightly projecting jaws, also MESOGNATHISM. |
| METHANOYLS | • METHANOYL n. any of a class of highly reactive organic chemical compounds. |
| MYTHOMANES | • MYTHOMANE n. someone who is prone to lie or believe in lies. |
| NAMEWORTHY | • nameworthy adj. Worthy of being named or having a name; nameable; worthy of mention. • NAMEWORTHY adj. worth naming, distinguished. |
| NEPHROTOMY | • nephrotomy n. (Surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in, a kidney. • NEPHROTOMY n. the extraction of a stone from the kidney by cutting. |
| NYMPHOLEPT | • nympholept n. A person in a state of nympholepsy. • NYMPHOLEPT n. one in state of nympholepsy, a trance incurred by erotic daydreams. |
| UNMOTHERLY | • unmotherly adj. Not motherly; unmaternal. • UNMOTHERLY adj. not motherly. |